Author: The Colorado Springs Gazette

The City Council might decide Tuesday whether to invest $500,000 from the city’s Lodging and Automotive Rental Taxes (LART) to provide a sliver of support to the downtown U.S. Olympic Museum. We say “sliver,” because more than $40 million in private donations have been raised or committed to the project. If fundraisers don’t round up…

As communities across the nation search for strategies to motivate, nurture and engage youths, a group of Colorado Springs community educators has been doing exactly that for almost 25 years. The annual African American Youth Leadership Conference, this weekend in Colorado Springs, includes seminars, performances and speeches aimed at giving students leadership skills and direction…

Just when it seemed great local cultural and economic indicators could not get much better, Frontier Airlines announced a turning point for the Colorado Springs Airport. Frontier announced Tuesday a daily direct flight to Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C., and regular flights to at least six other cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, San Diego,…

Drug cartels expanding in the United States are wisest to choose the state with the most lenience toward grow operations. Of the 28 legalization states, only 12 allow home grow operations at all. Among the 12 most lenient, the drug dealer will chose: A. Washington State, allows 15 plants. B. California and Oregon, allows six…

Voters will elect six of nine Colorado Springs City Council members next month during an exciting time for Colorado Springs. Our economy is booming. Tourism is up, unemployment is low, the housing market is setting records and people are moving their families and businesses to town. All this against the backdrop of a recent U.S.…

When President Donald Trump told the Christian Broadcasting Network in January he would give Middle East Christians priority refugee status, he was sharply criticized for religious favoritism and prejudice. Even a few high-profile American Christian leaders questioned his judgment. Trump’s executive order on refugees did not mention Christians, but referenced religious “minorities.” That means mostly…

Gov. John Hickenlooper appeared on “Meet the Press” on Sunday to state, again, his both-ways position on legalized pot. Hickenlooper’s opinion matters to the world because he oversees the world’s most liberal, anything-goes drug market. Legislators, governors and world leaders hang on every word Hickenlooper says as their jurisdictions consider enacting our laws. “First I…

The explosion of economic and cultural progress in Colorado Springs is based on confidence in the community’s future. People have worked long and hard to make Colorado Springs great again. It’s time to focus on the police. People who relocate businesses and families look for communities that provide good streets and fundamental services. More than…